Organ donation and transplantation is a largely successful treatment used to replace failing organs. However, donation rates have never met the demand for transplantable or gans. Biomedical researchers are exploring alternative sources from nonhuman animal donors such as pigs; i…
Respecting Personal Autonomy in Bioethics : Relational Autonomy as a Corrective? -- Paternalism in Health Care and Health Policy -- Narratives vs. Norms : A Misplaced Debate in Bioethics? -- Religion, Bioethics, and Public Policy : Debates about Secularization -- Religion, Moral…
""Public Bioethics collects the most influential essays and articles of James F. Childress, a leading figure in the field of contemporary bioethics. These essays, including new, previously unpublished material, cohere around the idea of "public bioethics," which involves analyzi…
""Public Bioethics collects the most influential essays and articles of James F. Childress, a leading figure in the field of contemporary bioethics. These essays, including new, previously unpublished material, cohere around the idea of "public bioethics," which involves analyzi…
Falun Gong is a modern day spiritual/exercise movement which began in China in 1991 drawing on and combining ancient Chinese traditions. The Chinese Communist Party, alarmed at the growth of the movement and fearing for its own ideological supremacy banned the movement in 1999. …